When not working on my own art I spend a great deal of time out and about looking at other work.

Thursday, August 2, 2012

Oh the amazing things I get in the mail

It started quite innocently for me.Back in December 2010 I did a piece of
art that I mailed in 62 separate parts
as the year ended.As 2011 was
winding down, I decided to ask for postcards to use in the first piece of 2012.That’s when it started to get out of
control – in a very good way.

I continue to get the coolest things in my mailbox.Below are some of the recent arrivals.

Eni Ilis sent me a couple of slightly enigmatic and groovy
pieces of Brazilian mail art.

David
Stanley Aponte tried to send me something from Berlin.It arrived in a tidy plastic bag from
the good people at Deutsche Post – Die Sendung wurde leider beschädigt – indeed!A handmade card from a band named Trick
Sensei came from Portland in much better condition.

About Me

I am an artist living in San Francisco. I work primarily in mixed media, collage and landscape painting. My work has included maps, postcard-themed art and mail art projects. In 2013 I began a series called Collagescapes where I start painting paper with areas of color representing the palette of a specific place. Next I cut the paper into hundreds of small pieces, randomize the pieces and then reassemble them in various geometric patterns. Collagescapes are both landscape paintings and collages. They appear abstract but retain the color palette of the places they represent.
My new series is Time Travel Photos — handmade photo collages showing places in San Francisco where I have cut and sliced present-day photographs and interwoven photos of nature representing how the City looked before Europeans arrived. Each is an image of an urban space with the natural past emerging through. For example, creeks once again run through the Mission and dunes reappear in Golden Gate Park and tidal flats fill the Embarcadero.
My work has shown in over 40 venues, primarily in California but also in other locations in the United States and abroad. My artwork can be viewed at tofuart.com